Background: Backporting fix for BUG 11752963 to Mysql5.1 branch.
Problem: Fix of bug 11752963 was only available for trunk and 5.5 branch.
Partial fix has been pushed to 5.1 branch as well. 
Fix: backporting the fixes of bug 11752963 to 5.1 branch. 
1. Made all major changes to make 5.1 branch in line with 5.5 and the trunk.
2. skipped the partial patch that was already applied to the 5.1 branch.